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Surbiton 1951

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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MILK SUPPLY.
(i) At the end of the year there were thirty-one entries on the
register as follows:-
Distributors of milk residing
in the Borough 14
Distributors of Milk residing
outside the Borough but
retailing in the Borough 8
Premises registered (used as
Dairies) 9
(ii) Milk (Special Designation) (Raw Milk)Regulations,1949.
Milk (Special Designation) (Pasteurised and Sterilised"
Milk) Regulations,1949 .
Dealers' licences to sell designated milk were granted
a3 follows:-
Pasteurised milk 9
Pasteurised milk (supplementary) 6
Tuberculin tested milk 9
Tuberculin tested milk(supplementary) 6
Sterilised milk 8
Sterilised milk (supplementary) 7

(iii) 137 samples of milk were taken during the year and submitted to the following tests :-

Phosphatase TestMethylene Blue TestTurbidity TestT.B.Microscopical Test.T.B. Biological Test.
Pasteurised9282---
G .1 .Pasteurised22---
Ster ilised--8--
T.T.Farm Bottled-4-1011
T .T.Pasteurised86---
Raw Milk-2-1313

All samples passed the prescribed tests - an exceedingly good
record.
The Phosphatase test indicates that pasteurisation has been
properly carried out; the Methylene Blue Test is used to determine
cleanliness and keeping quality, the Turbidity Test is a check
on sterilisation and the T.B. tests are for the purpose of
detecting tubercle bacilli.
DYSENTERY AND FOOD POISONING.
A considerable amount of Sanitary Inspectors' time is now
devoted to action for the control of these diseases, details of
which are given in the Medical Officer of Health's report.
When suspected cases are notified every effort is made to
trace the source of the illness, and specimens from the patients
a3 well as possibly infected foodstuffs are procured for
examination in the Laboratory.
The number of specimens collected and taken to the Laboratory
29.